I'd really like to put Thad on Kobe. Give the kid the task, show him that you have confidence that he can do a good job. No doubt he might get burned this time, but it will help his development a lot.

We'll probably lose the game anyway, might as well try something different. I still have some hope that Thad may eventually become a defensive monster. I think Thad is the kind of guy, if you give him a goal, a target, he'll "break his back" to reach it.

When we reach the point when we can alternate Iggy and Thad on the other team's best wing man, we'll be really tough.

It'll probably be Odom beating us since we can only have either Ratliff or Daly out there at one time, and there's Gasol to contend with. Speights and Thad will suffer trying to defend Odom. And I don't really want to see Reggie out there too much.

Please play Marshall though. We can't stop LA scoring so we need as much offense as we can get.

It'll be better to do immediate double rather than let Iggy get in foul trouble. That being said, LA's ball movement is so good, even if they don't knock down 3's they'll find plenty of easy opportunities near the basket when we double Kobe.

I can't believe my eyes. By the way, Marshall just got a steal, he had a sweet pass for an open layup, he had a board and drew an over the back penalty and he hit a three. Not bad for 3:22 of work, huh?

hahahaha that was the most excited i've been after a game in years!!!!!!! iguodala hit a buzzer beater in minnesota when AI was still here. and i think AI hit 1 against the wizards. neither were as dramatic as this though. fucking AWESOME!

WOW dileo acquiesced to iguodala's demand to win the game w/ a 3 there. i couldn't tell from what he said if dileo called a different play and iguodala said fuck that, or if iguodala went to him immediately in the huddle and said "give me the rock."

Man that was....I can't even explain it. 3 possessions before that one:

They try to set up the pick and pop with Lou and Donyell but the Lakers turn Lou the other way and he takes it all the way to the rack but blows the gimme layup.

Sounded like DiLeo was calling for the same thing next time down but Miller takes it deep on the left side and turns it over on a bad pass between two guys.

Then it seemed like they wanted the pick and pop with Lou and Donyell again and Lou never gave it a chance and rushed and darted through the lane with not a prayer of getting off a decent shot for the layup.

12 points by our starters for the whole 3rd quarter and 32 in the 4th quarter by the 2nd unit with a mix and match of both the Andres. Damn strong.

At the start of the 4th quarter, Iggy was defending his tail off on Kobe, contesting everything. Then at the end, after Igs playing that kind of D, they flip it up and have Miller on him for all but the last possession. Crazy but I'm sure not complaining.